Improvement in wardrobe-bedsteads



W. McNAUGHTON.

WARDROBE BEDSTEAD. No. 186,744. Patented J'an.30,1877.

tLPETERS PHOTQ-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MONAUGHTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WARDROBE-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,744, datedJanuary 30, 1877; application filed December 14, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MCNAUG-H- TON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Folding Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification:

This bedstead occupies a case resembling a wardrobe when folded. This case is in two parts, the line of division being a vertical plane parallel to the front, and the bed-bottom is in two parts, that turn down from the case after it is opened, so that the bed is made up with the side thereof adjacent to the case; hence the bed does not project into the room as far as usual with folding beds heretofore made, and, if desired, only half of the bed may be made up as a childs crib.

In the drawing, Figure l is .a vertical sec tion of the bedstead unfolded. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the bedstead as unfolded; and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the same.

The wardrobe-case is made of two principal parts, the front portion being composed of the front a, sides be, and the back portion being made of the back d and sides b c. The sides I) and b are hinged together at 6, so that the front portion a b 0 can be swung around horizontally, the hinges 6 being the vertical pivots of the same. When closed, the parts of the wardrobe set together, and the line of division, are a vertical plane, parallel or nearly so with the front, and within these portions the bedstead proper is contained. There are spaces f 9 below the bedstead, into which pillows or bedding may be placed, or drawers may be inserted at these places for the reception of the bedding. I have also shown a box-head, h, to the bedstead, with a swinging front, 70, into which box the bedding can be placed.

The foot-pieces i i are employed beneath the halves of the wardrobe-case to prevent the risk of the case tipping forward when open, and I remark that suitable casters or wheels should be applied at the bottom of the swinging portion of the case, to lessen friction as the parts are moved.

Each part of" the wardrobe contains onehalf of the bed-bottom. These are similar to each other, and each bed-bottom is composed of a frame, I, with slats, hinged to the wardrobe at n, and there isa swinging leg, m,

close the space between the adjacent frame I.

I make use of the folding leaves 75, that are hinged at one edge on the respective frames, and fold down toward each other. These are turned up before the bed-bottom is swung into its place in the wardrobe.

I claim as my invention- 1. A wardrobe-bedstead in which the case is divided in a vertical plane parallel or nearly so with the front, and united by hinges atone of the sides, and the bed-bottoms are attached to the two halves of the case and fold downwardly, as set forth.

2. The combination, in a wardrobe bedstead, of the case divided vertically, the two parts of the bed-bottom hinged to the case, the folding leaves t, and hinged leg m, substantially as set forth.

3. In a wardrobe-bedstead, the hollow projection head-piece h, forming a receptacle for bedding, in combination with the case divided vertically, the movable front portion a b c of which folds beneath the head-piece h, substantially as specified.

Signed by me this 8th day of December,

W. MoNAUGHTON. Witnesses:

GEo. T. PINOKNEY, CHAS. H. SMITH. 

